Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
अग्निहोत्री तु यो विप्रः शूद्रान्नान्न निवर्तते । एते तस्य प्रणश्यंति आत्मा ब्रह्म त्रयोऽग्नयः
agnihotrī tu yo vipraḥ śūdrānnānna nivartate | ete tasya praṇaśyaṃti ātmā brahma trayo'gnayaḥ
Doch der Brāhmaṇa, der das Agnihotra unterhält und sich dennoch nicht der Śūdra-Speise enthält — bei ihm gehen diese zugrunde: sein Ātman, sein brahmanischer Glanz (heilige Kraft) und die drei heiligen Feuer.
Antyaja (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Vedic householder before three fires; a shadowy impurity motif approaches as he accepts questionable food, and the fires dim—symbolizing loss of tejas.
FAQs
Ritual practice is portrayed as inseparable from disciplined conduct; violating the rule undermines one’s sacred potency and rites.
The instruction is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking ritual discipline to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
Agnihotra is referenced; the prescription is to refrain from the stated forbidden food to preserve the sanctity of the fires and rite.